Recent projects

A list of recent tools I work on in my freetime. I am seasoned in various languages, mostly for backend services or infrastructure. This list is sorted by recent activity.

pb-opds-connector

Zig

An OPDS connector for PocketBook e-readers. Browse catalogs and download books straight to the device.

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staticform

Go

A form service backend, that converts form submissions into emails. Equipped with Spam protection, IP-based rate limiting and more.

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zurlencode

Zig

A CLI utility for URL-encoding and -decoding strings.

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laravel-selfupdater

PHP

Self-update functionality for Laravel applications.

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laravel-fpdf

PHP

Laravel package for creating PDFs with FPDF.

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Recent writings

Deploy your static site with curl

Long time I somehow struggled what would be the best way to deploy my static site. Hosting provider offer either FTP or a REST API to push your files onto. Depending on 3rd-party tools was not really an option.

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4 minutes read

Prevent deploying broken links to your blog

Having your own blog is fun. Checking internal links or also having an eye on all old URLs you ever linked is not. Fortunately you can automate link checking every time you deploy your website.

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3 minutes read

How to compromise your system with a job interview

The current situation on the IT job market is hard. So you are lucky when a recruiter on LinkedIn reaches out to you having a suitable match for a new position based on your prior experience. It might not be what it seems at a first glance.

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7 minutes read
Article series
You might enjoy reading my hlab article series about my homelab, k3s and being independant from big tech platforms.

Managing secrets with SOPS in your homelab

Sealed Secrets, Ansible Vault, 1Password or SOPS - there are multiple ways how and where to store your secrets. I went with SOPS and age with my ArgoCD GitOps environment.

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4 minutes read

My TrueNAS custom NAS build (2025)

Since years I have an off-the-shelf NAS and always wanted to build my own. I wanted somthing I control myself, I am independent from any vendor support, something I can modify to my needs. So I build a rather old-skool NAS 6 months ago.

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8 minutes read
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